Volume 19 Chapter 139 The Mysterious Library

"This...is this the library?" When the door to the secret room opened, I was completely stunned by the sight in front of me!

"Yes, this is our library, but the design is a bit exaggerated." The ghost's answer was tepid, but I couldn't calm down because the library in front of me was really too exaggerated.

Behind the library door is a long straight bridge. The bridge deck is made of a black rock, without railings and columns. The piers below are also made of the same black stone, but there is no base. Under each pier supporting the bridge deck is a slowly rotating magic circle shining with blue light, and below the magic circle is a starry sky. Yes, it’s the starry sky. This entire library seems to be built in space. Except for this bridge, there are no walls, floors, or ceilings around. All the things that a normal building should have are missing here. There is no feeling of any building in the whole room, as if such a bridge has been built in space.

"Who built your library?" I asked with a little surprise, looking at the bridge in front of me and the void around me.

The ghost shook his head and said: "I don't know about this. I was just one of the administrators here. I don't know exactly when this place was established. But I know that there are many books here, and Each copy is an extremely rare and unique copy.”

"But why can't I see the book?"

"That's because the book is down there."

"under?"

"Yes, on the opposite side of the bridge." The ghost replied: "This bridge is the dividing line of this space. If you look at it this way now, you think the bridge is straight, but when you climb to the opposite side, you will find that when you look at it from the opposite side, the bridge is also straight. That's right. And the direction of gravity will be reversed when you are there. Walking under the bridge is the same as walking on the bridge. All the books here are placed under the bridge. If most people don't know, they would never think that they are placed under the bridge. Book."

"Where does the long bridge in front lead to?"

"Nowhere leads to it." The ghost said: "The part beyond two hundred steps from here is all an illusion. Once you cross the line of two hundred steps, you will enter the endless loop of the long bridge. I won't care about you at that time. Whether you go forward or turn back, there is only one result in the end, and that is the long bridge that will never end."

"What if we jump into the void on both sides?"

"That's the same. There is also continuous infinite space in the void. If you leave the bridge and jump over, you will float down forever, and it is impossible for you to turn around and come back. As long as you leave the bridge more than five meters away After that, the surroundings will become completely powerless. Even if you have wings or flying skills, you will not be able to come back. During the most glorious period of the Great Library, many thieves sneaked in to steal books. , but without exception, all of them were trapped alive in this space."

"Hearing what you said, I feel like this room is more precious than those books."

"You can say that, but unfortunately, this room cannot be moved, so if you want a book, it's better to grab it and leave."

I heard what the ghost said. "What? Is there a time limit here?"

"Absolutely." The ghost said: "The time will start here from the moment the gate opens, and a space storm will appear in half an hour. Except for the bridge itself and the books hidden in the bridge, all excess things will be destroyed. Blow into the void over there, so if you want the book you'd better find it and get out of here within half an hour. By the way, we've already been delayed here for five minutes."

"Understood, let's go down now." I said and climbed down along the edge of the bridge. According to Ghost, it can fly normally as long as it stays within five meters of the bridge, so going down to the other side of the bridge is not a hassle. The only slightly troublesome thing is that after passing through the dividing line under the bridge, you will encounter a gravity fault. Taking this place as the dividing line, the direction of space gravity above it is downward, and the direction of space gravity below it is indeed upward. of. The moment you pass through the junction of the two, the gravity will suddenly reverse. If you are not careful, you can easily lose your balance, but it is not a big deal as long as you are prepared in advance.

After following the ghost's instructions, I climbed to the other side of the bridge and stood at the bottom of the bridge. However, because the direction of gravity there was reversed, even standing at the bottom of the bridge felt the same as standing on the bridge, and it was as bare as the top. The bridge deck is different. There are arch supports on both sides of the bridge bottom as a supporting structure. From the reverse side, they have similar functions to the railings.

As soon as I stood at the bottom of the bridge, I immediately discovered the books that the ghost was talking about, but there were no bookshelves as I imagined. Some strips of stone were artificially removed from the panel at the bottom of the bridge, leaving a space just like rows of bookshelves, and the books were placed in these bookshelves embedded in the ground at the bottom of the bridge.

In fact, although this bridge is very long, there are not many bookshelves under it. There are only three bookshelves inlaid on the bottom of the bridge. The largest one is an eight-meter by three-meter frame. There are many books placed in it, and they are very dense. Preliminary observation shows that there are at least thousands of books. On the top of this bookshelf is carved a stone plate that looks like a car license plate, with the word "original" written in magic characters on it. It is estimated that the books here are so-called unique copies.

The second bookshelf is obviously much smaller than the first one. The size of this bookshelf may not be as big as some models of refrigerators, and it is different from the previous bookshelf with all the densely packed books crammed into the sides. Similarly, all the books here are laid flat in special grooves. Each book is placed in its own small area with the cover facing up. There are large gaps between books, and each groove is There is a faint light film on the surface of the groove that will flash twice from time to time.

"Are these particularly precious and important books?" I asked, looking at the sign on the top of the second bookshelf, because that sign said "Secret Code".

The ghost heard my words and said directly: "Yes, these are the most precious treasures of this library."

After getting the affirmative answer, I nodded, then released Ling and Xiaochun and asked them to help me carefully take out the books and put them into the Fenglong space. Moving books is not moving, not to mention these books are too precious. I don't dare to let the death guards and unicorn warriors move them. Anyway, there are only a few books in this bookshelf, so I can get them done quickly. Of course, we had carefully checked before moving the books. There was no book from the Book of the World on this bookshelf.

The first two bookshelves were not found, and only the last bookshelf was left.

Unlike the previous two bookshelves, there is no writing on the title board of this bookshelf. Instead, a skeleton holding a sickle and wearing a robe is directly painted on it, which clearly means death and warning.

The area of ​​the bookshelf under the title board is slightly larger than that of bookshelf No. 2, but there are two fewer books on it. The main reason is that every book on this bookshelf is sealed more tightly, and each book has a It looks like a box like an urn, and each box has a strong seal on the outside. Obviously, it is not wanted to be opened.

"Sir, please speed up a little, we only have fifteen minutes left." When I was observing the so-called adult bookshelf, the ghost next to me suddenly reminded me.

I nodded and walked to the bookshelf and squatted down. After thinking about it, I called Ling over. It is better to let professionals handle professional things. It is more reassuring to have these books with strong seals handled by Ling.

Ling didn't read anything after he came over. He reached out and clicked on two books and said: "These two seals have expired, just open them. The one over there has a soul-eating curse, let the king or Sayoko open it. Finally, this There is an explosive array in this book, so it’s better for me to deal with it, otherwise the book inside will be blown up. In addition, there is a powerful seal under the stone slab in the middle, and there should be a book hidden there.”

Ghost obviously didn't expect the people I brought to be so powerful, and what surprised him even more was that the blasting circle that their curator told him was the most troublesome was actually demolished by Ling before it lasted even ten seconds.

The four books taken out from the four boxes were all wrapped in black cloth. After carefully opening them, we discovered that the four books were actually not too exaggerated. The first book is a biography that records the secret history of the Gods. Although it has high political value, it is basically meaningless to us. The second book is a collection of forbidden curses. This thing is relatively precious, and its value is much greater than all the books on the previous bookshelf plus one. The third book is also a magic book, but it records very rare soul magic. In the teachings of the Temple of Light, soul spells are classified as evil spells, and France happens to be the headquarters of the Temple of Light, so it is not surprising that this kind of soul magic book has become the first. But for us, this kind of thing doesn't mean much. At most, it can be regarded as a good skill book. The book in the last box was even stranger. This is a series of skill books, but there is no name on the book, so I don’t know what it is called, but after briefly flipping through it, I can roughly classify this book into the category of "'porn' books" . Everything recorded in the whole book is related to that aspect, and it is also filled with a lot of magical animations. The content is more exaggerated than an island country love action movie. It is estimated that it will be very popular among the bachelor men in the guild. Popular.

After putting these four books away, I followed Ling's instructions and dismantled the entire bookshelf. I found that there was a groove as big as a microwave oven behind the bookshelf. Circle of stone boxes. However, if you want to get this stone box, you must first solve a problem, that is, the groove is covered with a red magic circle. This magic array has been flashing continuously, and the occasional trace of magic fluctuation leaked from it can make people feel chilled and stand upside down.

"What kind of magic circle is this? Why do you feel like you're being targeted by some wild beast?"

Ling 'touched' along the edges of the groove, and then replied: "It should be the absolute sealing array, a self-contained circular array. It can absorb the energy generated by external attacks and transform it It becomes defensive energy, so normal attacks are ineffective against it, and if you can't destroy it at once, you will find that it becomes stronger and stronger."

"Then how to crack it?"

Ling held out three fingers. "There are three methods. The first is to place it in an environment with zero space energy and let it slowly lose energy. Finally, when its energy is exhausted, the seal will disappear naturally. However, this method will not take you three to five hundred years. Don't count on it, so don't consider it. The second method is to use a super powerful attack that exceeds its conversion limit to completely destroy the magic circle in one blow, so that it will be completely destroyed by the remaining energy in the attack before it has time to completely convert the attack energy. In this way, it It's useless. But based on my observation, the damage output required by this method is too exaggerated. Even if you call Kristina and gold coins together and join forces with the three of you, you probably won't be able to hit this level of attack. . Besides, it is difficult to control the intensity of damage output at that level. After destroying the seal, it is likely that the box below will also be blown to pieces, so it is not suitable."

"What's the third way?"

Ling pointed directly at his feet and said: "Let's go around to the front, then drill a hole directly on the bridge and pull out the book from behind. As for the magic circle, anyway, it only seals the front and surrounding areas. It won't go away." Just forget it.”

"This is a good idea." I sighed.

When the ghost heard this, he quickly shouted: "No, this idea is not good at all. Sir, you don't know something. This bridge is made of black gold steel. Its hardness is beyond your imagination. It's not just..." The ghost Halfway through what he was saying, he couldn't say any more, because while he was trying to explain to me that this bridge was very hard, I had already taken out my eternity and slashed my sword flatly at the support frame next to me, and then I saw him. I cut off a piece of the so-called extremely strong black gold steel like cutting tofu.

"The hardness isn't that good either." I said, holding the cut off corner.

The ghost stayed there for a long time before saying: "Just pretend I didn't say anything!"

After returning to the front of the bridge, we roughly determined the location, and then I turned the Eternal Sword into a cutting knife with a T-shaped head, and dug a large hole from the bridge deck in a few clicks. After cutting the last layer of stone slabs, the stone box below appeared in front of us, but we didn't have time to open it for inspection. The moment I got the box, I quickly took back Ling and Xiaochun, then picked up the ghost and ran towards the exit. The thirty-minute limit time limit has been reached. If I don't go out, I will be blown into the void. In order not to be blown away, I can only go out and check the box again.

After rushing out of the door at the last second before the storm, and then directly closing the safety door, we were finally safe. After following the ghost back to the storage room above, I threw a large bag of black crystal powder to him.

"Okay, our employment relationship ends here. Thank you for your help. I have to leave first."

"You're welcome, sir. Having this bag of things is the best thank you to me." The ghost said, raising the crystal powder in his hand.

After bidding farewell to the ghost, I reopened the previously dug wall panel and prepared to get out. Who knew that as soon as I took off the wall panel, I found four people standing outside looking at me with silly expressions. The two of us just stood there. After a slight hesitation, I got out of the hole as if nothing had happened, and then put the wall panel back on. However, just when I was about to turn around and leave, the leader of the three guys who were obviously a group of four people suddenly reacted and grabbed me who had already walked past him.

"Boy, do you think we don't exist?"

I looked back at the wrist he held, then looked up at his face and said coldly: "You'd better let go now, otherwise I won't guarantee that your hand will still be connected to your shoulder."

"Hey, aren't you too harsh? I'll just stand here and let you..." The guy suddenly got stuck in the middle of his words, because he suddenly found that his arms and shoulders were separated. After returning for a second, with a popping sound, a large amount of blood suddenly spurted out from his shoulder, and it was only at this time that the guy reacted and started covering his shoulder and screaming.

Looking at the fallen guy, I didn't bother to pay attention to him. I turned around and was about to walk out. Unexpectedly, the two guys next to the guy suddenly reacted from the shock and rushed towards me together. Hearing the footsteps behind me, I turned around suddenly. I swung out Eternity like lightning and then retracted it. Then I saw those two idiots rushing past me. They continued to run forward for two steps before they fell to the ground together. After the head hit the ground, it separated from the body and rolled forward along the ground.

After putting Eternity back in place, I turned around and prepared to leave the alley. Unexpectedly, I only took two steps when I heard a shout from behind: "Hey...hey...don't go."

I suddenly turned around and looked at the last remaining woman, staring at her for a while. It wasn't until the other woman's eyes flickered when I looked at her that she seemed to be about to run away at any time, then I said, "I know you are not the same group as them, but you can't stop me." Everyone in my path will die, now give you twenty seconds to give me a reason to stop me."

"I want to hire you to help me kill a few people." After the other party shouted this quickly, he waited for two seconds, as if he had run out of courage, and explained in a smaller and smaller voice: "I saw that you were instantly killed with just a few moves. I lost them, so I thought you must be very powerful, so I thought..."

"Sorry, you can't afford my appearance fee." After I said that, I turned around and walked directly out. Anyway, I just stole someone's library. Hanging around the place where the crime was committed is not what a wise thief should do. Besides, I'm still not sure whether the box I got contains the three volumes of The World. It’s one of the books. I’m anxious to find a place to check it right now. I don’t have time to take on any tasks.

I was about to turn out of the alley when the woman behind me suddenly shouted: "I know a high-reserve magic crystal mine that no one knows about."

The sound was like a brake signal, and my foot was instantly stuck in the air, almost tripping me. "What did you say?"